CURRENT MISSION

To see the world, one couch at a time!

ABOUT ME

Hello! I am Eric Jaeschke, a reasonably soft-spoken guy with a passion for the mountains. I just graduated in December 2008 from West Virginia University with a degree in forestry and now I hope to climb mountains (while looking for a job of course (-; ).

PHILOSOPHY

You only live once, better make each day count (-: The Inuit have over 500 names for snow or type of snow, I call it happiness, bliss, levity...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will do my best to offer my couch to anyone whenever I am able to, this is hard for me at the moment simply due to all the moving.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Once, and it was a real pleasure, I have met many enamored people who absolutely love it. I typically stay with friends when I travel, but CS allows virtually unlimited possibilities...

Interests

Rock climbing, tree climbing, ski touring, mountain biking, mountaineering, snow camping, hiking, backpacking, running, reading about alpine ecosystems and timberlines

• running
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• mountaineering
• skiing
• rock climbing
• forestry
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Freedom to the Hills, The Tree, Ishmael, Reinhold Messner books, German learning books, Alpine Plant Life by Christian Körner and Dale Carnegie books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing mountains in the Swiss and Austrian Alps

Teach, Learn, Share

I think that we are all molded by our experiences, a perfect world teaches its young precisely what they need to know and encourages the rapid, yet thorough pursuit of knowledge. There is an awful lot to learn as we live in a world rapidly growing beyond its own realization.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United States

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